The stock market continues to hit all-time highs, but insider selling has accelerated and a famous value investor thinks that the market's good fortune is based on monetary manipulation from the Federal Reserve that can't last. Read More

Determining the value of a stock is important to successful investing. However, for growth investors, a stock's present value is based on an accurate forecast of future earnings,  which is no easy task. Which is better: the false certainty of a discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis or the admitted inaccuracy of a snapshot earnings multiple? Read More

The strong and quick recovery to all-time highs from the early-year market correction promises that the bull market is alive and well. History suggests that whenever a bull market survives into its sixth year, small caps gain a second wind and outperform all the rest. Read More

2014 has not been kind to the stock market during its first month, but an improving global economy should ensure that January's woes are the pause that refreshes the bull run. Read More

Accelerating U.S. economic growth in 2014 makes small-cap stocks the asset class of choice for savvy investors. While some analysts are concerned that economic growth may actually be too strong, this concern does not apply to small caps which thrive in strong economic times. The stronger, the better! Read More

New research concludes that investors can benefit from the January Effect without dumpster diving in microcaps or companies with scary price declines. Jim offers up some ideas to take advantage of the phenomenon. Read More

A combination of continued monetary easing and the likelihood of a strengthening global economy in 2014 promise more gains for small-cap stocks. Read More

Baseball and investing have much more in common than you might think. Read More

End of the U.S. government shutdown combined with a delay of QE tapering causes investors to see nothing but blue sky ahead. Read More

Investors with a long-term perspective and a goal of building wealth have a completely different perspective on bear markets than traders. Read More

Government shutdown threats, debt ceiling deadline, and uncertain Fed QE tapering are in the bullseye of investors. Read More

An autumn market correction followed by new all-time highs is a likely scenario. Read More

Sick and tired of the "doom and gloomers?" If investors were to implement the Ivy timing system, these chicken littles would go out of business in a flash. Read More

With the stock market hitting new all-time highs, the odds favor being long and strong through the end of the year. Read More

The current bull market in stocks is like an ocean that raises all boats -- even boats that are likely to sink. Avoiding such fair-weather investments is the key to investment success and the Roadrunner Stocks Safety Rating can help lead the way. Read More

The Fed-led market rout is likely to be the pause that refreshes because stronger economic growth is on the horizon and that trumps higher interest rates. Read More

Understanding a company's balance sheet provides an investor with two separate, but equally valuable, pieces of information: (1) stock valuation; and (2) risk of bankruptcy. Read More

Quantitative easing (QE) has lowered interest rates and boosted the valuations of large-cap dividend stocks bid up by yield-hungry investors. But with talk of QE tapering off and a strengthening economy, the time is ripe for small-cap growth stocks to play catch-up. Read More

The stock market continues to rise as the real economy remains stuck in neutral thanks to monetary stimulus. When the monetary music stops, large caps will drop based on "risk-off" macro beta but small caps will perform based on fundamentals. Read More

Fears of slowing economic growth have disproportionately hurt some small-cap stocks. It is now a market of stocks and not a uniform stock market. Careful stock and industry-sector selection will be the key to outperformance in the months ahead. Read More